Lynn Wenzel

Background

Wenzel, Lynn was born on March 22, 1944 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Ralph Everett and Roberta (Hansen) Shallenberger.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, William Paterson University, 1976.

Career

Editor Womanspace, Hackensack, New Jersey, 1980-1985. Assistant editor New Directions for Women, Englewood, 1988-1989, managing editor, 1989-1994. Writer feature stories for national antique magazine Handed Down, Nevada City, California, since 1996.

Writer features magazines, newspapers, Newsweek, New York Times, Newsday, On the Issues, among others, New Jersey, since 1979. Editor literature and visual arts Bergen County (New Jersey) School, Hackensack, 1992, Maywood, 1974—1993. Graphic artist New Directions for Women, Englewood, New Jersey, Marine Field Trip Manual, New York City, 1989—1993.

Achievements

• Lynn Wenzel has been listed as a notable writer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • I Hear America Singing: A Nostalgic Tour of Popular Sheet Music

    (Just as songs reflect the diversity of American culture, ...)

  • More than Petticoats: Remarkable New Jersey Women (More than Petticoats Series)

    ( More than Petticoats: Remarkable New Jersey Women featu...)

Membership

Appointed constitutional bicentennial committee on women and the constitution Teaneck Mayor' General’ s Office, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1987. 1987; Puerto Rico chair, Business and Professional Women of Nevada County since 2009. Board Vice president Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition of Nevada County 2002-2003.

Board member, 2005-2007, Nevada County Citizens Choice. Keynote Speaker Democratic Women's Club Eleanor Roosevelt Event 2007, 2009. Editor, Our Slant, Business & Professional Women of Nevada County 2002-2008, president Education Fund, since 2009.

Member National Organization of Women, Northern New Jersey National Organization for Women (co-president 1985-1987, chairwoman media task force 1987-1989, 12th Annual Feminist Achievement award 1992), Bergen County Alliance for Women (chairwoman publicity/media 1986-1988), National Writers Union, International Women's Writing Guild, Business and Professional Women.

Interests

• Antiques, reading, genealogy, photography, interior design.

Connections

Married Jeffrey Bruce Wenzel, June 28, 1964. Children: Jennifer Ann, Michael Charles.

Father:

Ralph Everett Shallenberger

Mother:

Roberta (Hansen) Shallenberger

Spouse:

Jeffrey Bruce Wenzel

child:

Michael Charles Wenzel

child:

Jennifer Ann Wenzel